Role Canadian Politician Name Charles Best | Nationality Canadian Succeeded by Harry C. Harley Died March 25, 1978 | |
Occupation Farmer, nurseryman, scientist Party Progressive Conservative Party of Canada |
Charles Alexander Best (July 7, 1931 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada – March 25, 1978) was a Canadian politician, farmer, nurseryman, scientist. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1957 election as a Member of the Progressive Conservative to represent the riding of Halton. He was re-elected in 1958 and defeated in the elections of 1962 and 1963. He was the son of Charles Herbert Best, the American-Canadian medical scientist, and one of the co-discoverers of insulin.
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